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Pragmatics II n Discourse and Conversation –Language and context: the social, physical environment in which a speaker finds himself. –Openings: attention getting utterances (Hey! What the! Hello! Sup?) –Turn talking: (P1) The speaker selects the next speaker; (P2) The first to speak becomes the speaker; (P3) The speaker continues his own remarks.

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Pragmatics II n Special Topics –Speaker meaning: The agent intended the utterance of x to produce some effect in an audience by means of the recognition of this intention.

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Pragmatics II n Special Topics –Speaker meaning: The agent intended the utterance of x to produce some effect in an audience by means of the recognition of this intention. –Saying: operative meaning of the utterance; the time of utterance; what the subject is being used to refer to.

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Pragmatics II n Special Topics –Implication: n Questioner: Where is your husband? n Speaker: He is in the living room or the kitchen. n Implication: The speaker doesn’t know where he is.